An Education Film Essay

An Education Film Essay

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Analyse how conflict (either internal or external) was used in a film you have studied to help us better understand a main character. “Often, it’s not about becoming a new person, but becoming the person you were meant to be, and already are, but don’t know how to be.” An Education directed by Lone Scherfig is a film about coming of age and discovering whom we are. The film is set in the early 1960’s a time ruled by moral code and strong feminist rules. Jenny is the main character who is 16 and aspiring to read English at Oxford. She soon meets playboy David, who seduces her and they fall in love. This relationship lets Jenny see into a whole new world of thrilling and current things. This creates a big internal conflict for Jenny who…show more content…

In order to avoid those to paths in life, Jenny’s caring but overly concerned parents Jack and Marjorie and Mrs. Stubbs forcefully suggest an education at Oxford. In order to market herself as a valuable candidate, Jenny must ace English, Latin, French (hence the title), and show cultural breadth (her “hobby” is the cello). Yet, if all goes according to plan, Jenny will meet a similarly cultured wealthy man and will no longer need to do any of those things. The irony, of course, is that an Oxford education is simply a means of making the bait more alluring. Jenny comes to this realisation early into Scherfig’s film and asks the question “Why must I attend Oxford when I could easily take a shortcut and reach the same inevitable conclusion by attending the school of life? I’d have a lot more fun.” David is a shortcut past Oxford and is also a lot more entertaining and fun. Jenny must open her mind up to the possibilities that Oxford and an education can grant her. She must again keep her mind open; sometimes the path that is not as clear is often the better choice. As the viewer we want Jenny to go to Oxford and we can see how her decision will make a last imprint on her. We want her to attend and it makes us reflect on all those important decisions we have all had to make in our lives.

social aspects of writing.
Students will write clearly for a specified audience and purpose.
Students will read and write a variety of non-fiction expository and argumentative genres, as well as reading, viewing, and reacting to short stories, films, and poetry.
Students will produce coherent, organized, effective, readable academic writing for a variety of rhetorical situations (print, digital).
Students will learn basic citation formatting in academic writing.
Students will effectively use…

Hitchcock's Film Psycho
Ever since the first horror movies were produced they have attracted
huge audiences seeking to be scared, chilled and thrilled. Horror
movies are so popular because the audience can get the adrenaline rush
of being scared without actually putting themselves in danger, and
also the audience ultimately get a rush of relief at the end of the
film when the killer is killed. This is the same reason why people go
on…

Final Film Critique
Richard Hogan
ENG 225: Introduction to Film
October 25, 2011
Final Film Critique
Introduction
The movie, The Shawshank Redemption (1994), is based on a character Andy Dufresne. Andy is a young and successful banker who is sent to Shawshank Prison for murdering his wife and her secret lover. His life is changed drastically upon being convicted and being sent to prison. He is sent to prison to serve a life term. Over the 20-years in prison, Andy retains optimism…

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To begin, we will look at the ideals…

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1) Describe the three basic types of music heard in original scores during the silent film era and cites specific examples from The Birth of a Nation. (10 points)
Music is an important form of art; it has always been utilized by each and every culture for entertainment purpose. Earlier in the silent film era, music was generally not included in the films but played in the beginning or at the end to entertain the audience.
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Critical Essay on Jane Campion’s The Piano.
Log:
My thesis is that: Although being directed by a mold-breaking female and despite being littered with feminist tropes, Jane Campion’s The Piano is not a feminist film.
Source
Their opinion vs. mine
Reliability
Interview Magazine, Jane Campion by Katherine Dieckmann, (January 1992)
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are being allowed to see, too much violence in films, T.V or through
any other median.
There has always been violence in films, and there has always been
public debate along with it, but as the violence becomes more shocking
and more accessible…